Article: Following Stock Rise, OxiGene Private Placement Raises $15M.

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Less than one month ago, OxiGene Inc.'s stock sat below $2 per share. Its 2003 high to that point was a Jan. 13 closing of $2.64.

But in the past month, riding its developing pipeline and a positive swell of biotechnology cancer interest, its stock has taken off. OxiGene on Tuesday said it had agreements with three institutional investors to sell 1.5 million shares at $10 per share, raising $15 million to fund its pipeline.

"The catalyst behind the financing is our lead compound, CA4P, which has advanced into a Phase II clinical trial," said Fred Driscoll, president and CEO of Watertown, Mass.-based OxiGene. "This ...

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